From Down to Top:o Server-Side: - Linux or Windows (Version resrictions result from underlaying software) - Mysql database (tested 3.23.55 .. 5.0.70; 3.23.42 for Win) # database: server=mysql name=phpcrs user=phpcrs password=start1 (the strings are editable in inc/Config.inc) SQL source: file comes with phpcrs (db/phpcrs*.sql sourceable via mysql client or phpMyAdmin) - Apache Webserver (tested 1.3.27 .. 2.2.11; 1.3.20 for Win) + install phpcrs in document root (tar xfvz phpcrs-<release>.tar.gz) - To manage the main menu when clicking on the phpcrs banner software from webfx.eae.net by author Erik Arvidsson is used as an add on feature for phpcrs. Thanks to Erik! I hope will not get into trouble using your xmenu-software here. + phpMyAdmin from sf.net (tested 2.11.9.5) for administrators not users - PHP5 Module (tested 4.3.1 .. 5.2.10; 4.0.6 for Win) + extensions needed: bz2, ctype, date, dom, libxml, mysql, soap, xml, xsl, zlib - Java Rt (tested jre 1.4.1 .. 1.6.0; 1.3.0_02 for Win) - Fop Formated Objects Prozessor (tested 0.95 runs on Java) ! USE exactly this version - OCR Software gocr (tested 0.38 .. 0.45) ! USE this version + Gocr is available from jocr.sf.net and is maintained by Jörg Schulenburg. Thanks to Jörg for this great and free OCR software. gocr has to learn some letters used in the car paper print. Thatsway phpcrs needs to maintain this little database (ocr/db/*) + NETPBM Tools (tested netpbm 10.11.4 .. 10.46) This powerfull software is available from http://netpbm.sourceforge.net and is also distributed by Linux-Distributers. Thanks to the developers of this software too.

o Client-Side - Firefox Webbrowser 1.0 .. 3.0.11 (tested for Linux and optimized) ! USE the newest stable version ! phpcrs will not run with MSIE. + JavaScript needed + Font: Bitstream Vera Sans should be available for the Webbrowser # location should be: http(s)://<your host>:<your port>/phpcrs/entry.php - Acrobat Reader 4.0 .. 9.1.3 ! USE the newest stable version

o Administrative hints - html/features.php is not maintained any longer, use the dialog help instead - change the language by editing the file inc/Config.inc in the following lines: "Language" => "../inc/languages/<Language>.class", "LanguageClass" => "<Language>", (only German is maintained)